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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer
of 20 June 2019 to Question 265408 on Palestinian Authority: Pay, whether his Department's
disbursements to the Palestinian Authority (PA) been reduced to reflect the PA's partial
salary payments.

<p>DFID has not reduced its funding to the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) health and
education sectors for financial year 2019/20. While PA salaries have recently been
reduced, our contribution still comprises only a proportion of the PA’s total health
and education sector wage bill. UK aid to the PA’s health and education sectors is
used exclusively to pay the salaries of vetted health and education public servants,
including teachers, doctors and nurses, in the West Bank. The PA’s decision to make
partial salary payments to public sector officials does not affect the robust financial
safeguards that ensure UK financial aid reaches its intended beneficiaries.</p>

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, as part of their Official Development Assistance,
they support campaigns for legislative change in other countries where such change
would permit actions in those countries which are criminal offences in the UK.

<p>DFID is championing Sustainable Development Goal 16, which focuses on ‘peace, justice
and inclusion’. We are supporting the strengthening of rule of law in a range of countries.
For example, DFID’s Rule of Law Expertise UK (ROLE UK) programme is a collaboration
with the UK legal sector to make its expertise, provided on a pro bono basis, available
to strengthen legal and judicial systems in developing countries. While much of ROLE
UK’s work is in the area of human rights, it does not engage in advocacy around legislative
changes. DFID and its partners always work within the law of the countries in which
we are operating.</p>

<p>The detention centres in Libya are the responsibility of the Libyan authorities.
The UK is clear that civilians in areas affected by the current conflict, including
refugees and migrants, must be immediately evacuated to safety. We continue to press
the Libyan authorities to pursue alternatives to detention and implement a better
functioning migration system that respects human rights.</p><p> </p><p>Through our
contribution to the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), the UK has supported
the EU and Africa Union joint commitment to significantly increase voluntary returns
of those who want to leave Libya, as agreed at the EU-AU Summit in November 2017.
Since then, more than 57,000 people have been supported to return home, with most
of these returns from Libya and Niger.</p><p> </p><p>Our contribution also supports
the UNHCR-led evacuation of those in need of international protection from Libya to
Niger and other countries (over 3,600 people to date), and their ongoing resettlement
subsequent to their evacuation. Following UNHCR’s urgent appeal for resettlement places,
the UK has committed to participate in the resettlement of the most vulnerable refugees
who have been evacuated by UNHCR from Libya to Niger. This will include unaccompanied
minors.</p>